International reporter
MEET BFI LFF FESTIVAL DIRECTOR KRISTY MATHESON! (SHE'S GOT ALL THE GOSS)
With titles like Madeleine Hunt-Ehrlich's The Ballad of Suzanne Césaire and Mati Diop's Dahomey, London Film Festival director Kristy Matheson, in her second year at the helm, is taking a step further toward what appears to be an interesting strategic shift at the LFF: a wholesale embrace of the avant-garde.
Alongside Hunt-Ehrlich and Diop, this year’s LFF line-up features experimental and highly contemporary filmmakers Wang Bing, Payal Kapadia and Tsai Ming-liang. The experimental mix, Matheson told us ahead of tomorrow night’s opening, is drawing the enthusiasm of London’s “very film-literate audience.”
“There are so many great cinemas in the city that show great work all year round. And that's our core audience,” she said.
